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Synonyms for penal codes


Grammar : Noun



Définition of penal codes

  • As in Napoleonic code : noun legal code
Example sentences :
  • Given such men, penal codes will interest only the antiquarian.
  • Extract from : « Philosophy and The Social Problem » by Will Durant
  • So central is it, that it is now acknowledged as such in all the penal codes of civilized countries.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Spinoza » by Baruch de Spinoza
  • Yet our penal codes are confessedly based on the idea of punishment and retribution.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900 » by Various
  • And here reveals itself, in all its force, another notorious difficulty with which the reformer of penal codes has to contend.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 » by Various
  • Our conversation turned on the difference between the penal codes of France and England.
  • Extract from : « Travels in France during the years 1814-1815 » by Archibald Alison
  • Since the French Revolution the severity of the penal codes has been much modified.
  • Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume III » by John Lord

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